Summer series starts now: how to use up your weekly CSA box. Peaches are local New Jersey bounty and as we all know a special chemistry geometrically improves the flavor of peaches when you heat or cook them. Yes we have Perfect Peach Pie kindness of Grandpa’s hands, and yes we have Peach Jam which my grandma used to make on the stovetop, just a few jars to use, which is itself justification for eating a slice of bread (make it homemade for a slice of heaven).
For that reason, (heat + peaches = sunshine in the flesh) AND because you know it is our philosophy here to make do without extra appliances and I don’t have a suitable appliance to whip up Peach Puree--ROAST PEACH ICE CREAM! I thought broiling the peaches would make them easy to mash with a fork or potato masher, yes, it did. You may also barbecue the peaches!
(I know, “roast peach” sounds almost like “roast beast “c/o Dr. Seuss and the Grinch! Only my dog would like roast beef ice cream!)
Recipe:
Roast 5 peaches: Half, pit, and broil, grill or bake until slightly blackened. Slip off the skins and mash.
Cook over medium heat:
2 cups milk
3 cups sugar
¾ tsp. Salt
When steaming hot almost boiling, stir in:
6 lightly beaten eggs
Cook, stirring, until the custard until thickens slightly.
Stir in:
4 cups heavy cream
2 tsp. Vanilla
Your mashed roast peaches and juice
Freeze several hours or overnight.
Churn in your ice cream maker then freeze several hours for hard ice cream or serve immediately for soft serve (soft serve was good too but melted too fast to photograph!)
This made slightly too much to churn all at once for my Kitchen Aid ice cream maker attachment bowl to my Kitchen Aid mixer, so I made two batches, a small batch to taste soft serve and the bulk of it to freeze for later. (I LOVE my #KitchenAid_ice_cream_maker_attachment, a gift from my son; having successfully used it starting with orange-buttermilk sherbet, dairy-free sorbets for my daughter and multiple fresh fruit produces, I gave one to my brother to make allergen free ice cream for his little boy.)
Job done. My family LOVED it. Best ice cream ever. Creamy, cold, and lots of delicious icy-creamy peach chunks. Feel free to alter the proportions of cream/half&half/milk and increase the peaches quantity!
